Transportation Employment

Transportation Employment

Employment in
for-hire transportation industries is a signal of demand in the economy. In
the May 2010 edition of Occupational
Employment Statistics,
67 percent of employees in for-hire transportation industries are in
transportation and material moving positions (Standard Occupational
Classification 53). That share is 76 percent for truck transportation, but
only 44 percent for air transportation. (2010 OES data are not directly
comparable to 2009 because of revision of the SOC.)

Transportation Employment

Jul-11

Jul-12

Truck Transportation Employees (thousands)

1,320.8

1,363.4

Percent
change from same month previous year

3.9

3.2

Air
Transportation Employees (thousands)

462.1

461.9

Percent
change from same month previous year

0.5

0.0

Transit
and Ground Passenger Transportation Employees (thousands)

376.5

372.0

Percent
change from same month previous year

-0.3

-1.2

Other
Transportation Modes Employees (thousands)

336.8

348.4

Percent
change from same month previous year

3.5

3.4

NOTES:Other Transportation Modes includes rail, water, and
pipeline transportation. Data do not include the sightseeing, support
activity, courier, or warehousing industries.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of
Labor Statistics, Current
Employment Statistics,
available at http://www.bls.gov/ as of August 2012.